Activists

Opinion: Concern of Tom Vilsack is improving rural America by exploiting energy resources, creating local food markets for local products, expanding broadband, urging recreation

By David Broder

The Washington Post 2010-08-15

Opinion: It's grounding to hear that Senator Jon Tester is spending his summer vacation harvesting wheat on his farm

The editors

The New York Times 2010-08-10

Former Forbes head Jim Spanfeller raises $2 million for collection of websites; food is first up

By Anthony Ha

VentureBeat; The New York Times 2010-08-10

Actors

Paul the psychic octopus begins advertising career after predicting winning teams for World Cup; mollusk has received more than 160 endorsement offers

By Eric Kelsey

Der Spiegel 2010-07-30

Green groups, citing parallels to Earth with ruin on Pandora, want James Cameron to be their champion, but Pandora is non-existent; "Avatar" is passive experience

By Bryan Walsh

Time magazine 2010-03-07

Gatorade ends Tiger Woods endorsement deal

By Mike Hughlett

Chicago Tribune 2010-02-26

Artisan Producers

Truffle Kid, aka Brett Ottolenghi, specializes in small run, vaguely regulated, hard to come by, near-banned ingredients demanded by top chefs of Las Vegas

By Dana Goodyear

The New Yorker (abstract; subscription required) 2010-08-16

John Scharffenberger: A lifetime of connections to dirt and food - from wine and chocolate to sauerkraut and tofu

By Bonnie Azab Powell

Grist 2010-06-18

Obituary: Emilio Lavazza, coffee magnate

By Margherita Stancati

The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-02-19

"Potash, for all intents and purposes, is food."

Authors

Sustainable agriculture his goal, says 'Just Food' author

Sustainable agriculture his goal, says 'Just Food' author

James E. McWilliams, author of provocative book on locavore movement, says in Q&A that everything required for sustainable food system is irrelevant without major reduction in meat consumption. He buys organic but worries about lower yields, toxic chemicals. Still a locavore, he says he's no longer dismissive of properly and responsibly employed genetically modified crops - drought resistant cassava, blight resistant rice. Problem with agribusiness isn't size but monoculture. His advice? Make vast majority of what you buy fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts.

By Grant Butler

The Oregonian 2009-09-29

Ruth Reichl, moving forward without Gourmet magazine

Ruth Reichl, moving forward without Gourmet magazine

Ruth Reichl, editor of the late Gourmet, which she'd whipped into the 21st century with serious and adventurous food journalism, offers a chin-up try on comporting oneself after being unhorsed during victory lap. At a book-tour stop, she regales Philadelphia crowd; later, cookbooks sold like hotcakes (while gossip flowed like hot syrup). And: Gourmet magazine will be remembered more for its recipes, intelligence, and bold roads traveled than for succulence, ingenuity of prose - David Foster Wallace's 2004 'Consider the Lobster' a rare exception (click 'See also').

By Rick Nichols

The Philadelphia Inquirer 2009-10-29

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Kiddie cuisine book controversy

Rerun of Oprah Winfrey show pushes one cookbook higher in sales, but boosts another to the top of the Amazon list - and renews controversy. Missy Chase Lapine, author of 'The Sneaky Chef,' says that a later book, 'Deceptively Delicious,' by Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the comedian, Jerry), is in violation of copyright.

By Julie Bosman

The New York Times 2008-07-12

Chefs

Ferran AdriĆ 's Harvard collaboration, which seeks to understand physical, chemical principles on which his culinary art is based, is continuation of career spent in rigorous pursuit of innovation

By Colman Andrews

Business Week 2010-09-02

ABC orders second season of Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution," this time in LA; in first season, show won its Friday at 9 time period and was No. 1 among all key demographics

By Lynette Rice

Entertainment Weekly 2010-09-02

Michael White, exuberant chef "with a twinkle" who favors superlatives, builds Italian restaurant empire in NJ, NY through Altamarea Group

By Frank Bruni

The New York Times 2010-08-25

Farmers

John Ameroso, urban farming pioneer responsible for teaching New Yorkers how to grow and sell food in the city, hangs up his hoe

By Tracie McMillan

The New York Times 2010-05-19

Urban farmer, activist grows power with worms, aquaponics

Urban farmer, activist grows power with worms, aquaponics

growingpower.org

To Will Allen, founder of Growing Power, local isn't rolling pasture or suburban garden: It's 14 greenhouses of worm composting and aquaponics crammed onto two acres in working-class neighborhood. Company isn't self-sufficient, but neither is industrial agriculture. Nor can it be compared to other small farms, because it also offers social, ecological and economic bottom lines.

By Elizabeth Royte

The New York Times 2009-07-01

Urban farmer wins 'genius grant' for push to make fresh food affordable

Urban farmer wins 'genius grant' for push to make fresh food affordable

MacArthur Foundation/youtube

Will Allen uses aquaculture and vermiculture, and heats greenhouses with composting.

Urban farmer in Milwaukee wins $500,000 MacArthur 'genius grant' (click 'See also) for developing farming methods and educational programs designed to provide healthy food to everyone. His nonprofit, Growing Power (www.growingpower.org), just expanded its program of selling bags of fruit and vegetables for $14 -- a week's worth for a family of four.

By Lee Bergquist

Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) 2008-09-22

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Obituaries

Obituary: C. Joseph Genster, marketer of Metrecal, meal in a can for dieters, dies at 92

By Douglas Martin

The New York Times 2010-08-26

Obituary: Michael Batterberry, editor of Food Arts magazine, dies at 78

By Margalit Fox

The New York Times 2010-07-29

Obituary: Rose Gray, founder, chef at London's River Cafe

By William Grimes

The New York Times 2010-03-02

Producers

Agribusiness chief urges industry to cut supply-chain waste to shrink food shortages, meet global demand

By Doug Cameron

Dow Jones Newswire; CNNmoney.com 2010-01-27

Food magnate escapes injury in Mumbai terrorism

Sir Gulam Noon, known as the 'Curry King' for his Indian ready meal business in UK, escapes harm during terrorism at Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Businessman was rescued by crane after his hotel window was pushed out by emergency workers.

By Paul Lewis

The Guardian (UK) 2008-11-27

Head of meat safety leaves USDA after three years

Richard Raymond, USDA's top meat/poultry safety official, steps down. As first physician in post, he brought new attention to public health, but often was frustrated with antiquated statute and politics that stymied change, says previous officeholder. He is credited with decreasing rates of salmonella, but his tenure also was marked by massive recalls.

By Annys Shin

The Washington Post 2008-09-27